Automatic water-elevator



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P. J. CASE.

AUTOMATIC WATER ELEVATOR.

No. 888,281. Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

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FRANK J. CASE, OF ARRINGTON, KANSAS.

AUTOMATIC WATER-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFEQATIOA forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,261, dated August 21, 1888.

Application filed August 13, 1887. Serial No. 246,806.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. CASE, a citizen ofthe United States, resident at Arrington, in the county of Atchison and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic W nter-Elevators; andIdo declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will onable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Fi ure l of the drawings is a plan view of my improved water-elevator. Fig. 2 is an end view with well and tube K in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with well and tube K in section. Fig. 4 is a plan View of platform at.

lhe invention relates to improvements in automatic water-elevators, and is designed for the purpose of causing cattle or stock to auto matically fill the watering-trough before drinking therefrom.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the ground-level, and B a well or cistern descending therefrom.

(J is a frame standing over said well, and composed of the uprights c c and the crossbeam at the top thereof. 0 is a bracket depending from said beam and having bearings in its bifurcated lower end for the journals of the pulley c.

C is an upright-,-having its upper end con nected by a horizontal beam, 0', with the center part of the beam 0, and c is a pulley similar to the pulley 0, depending from a bracket secured to the beam 0 a suitable distance from the well.

To one side of the well,in front of the frame 0, is a frame, I), secured to the ground and having an outer beam, (1, and two parallel side beams, d d, and between the end of the beams d and the frame 0 are erected the two fencesections d (1, having their lower horizontal ends, (Z d, lying against each other.

E is a depressible platform consisting of three triangular sections, the outer one of which, 8, has its outer edge connected to the beam by hinges e 0, while the sections 6 c (No model.)

are connected to the respective side beams, d d, by the hinges e c. The meeting edges of the sections (2 c are covered by the flaps e, hinged to clips running near the converging edges of the section 0, to prevent the feet of the cattle or the dirt made by them from passing between the sections.

F is a beam, secured centrally upon the section 6, at right angles to the beam (1 of the frame 1), extending over the well between the uprights 0 of the frame 0, and having a longitudinal notch, f, on its end over the well. The approximating cornersff of the sections 6' c" are secured loosely to said bar, so that they will rise with the middle section, 0, and the beam F rests upon the rails d" of the fencesections at the lowest point of the descent of the sections.

The drinking-trough G is secured to a proper point of the beam F in front of the frame 0 and is adapted to contain a suitable amount of water.

H is a weight secured to one end of a rope or chain, h, that passes up over the pulleys c and c and descending thence is seen red to the beam F on one side of a curve or goose-neck, t, on the upper part of a tube, I, descending into the well,the goose-neck or curve discharging into the trough. The said goose-neck is loosely secured in the notchfof the bar F and overhangs the trough, and on the lower end of the tube I is the piston J, through which the said tube opens, and which is provided on each side of thetube with two downwardlyopening valves, jj, of ordinary construction.

J is a leather band surrounding the piston, with its upper edge secured thereto and its lower edge depending two or three inches below the piston.

j' j are curved bars of iron or steel-about three in numberbetween the piston and leather, and j j" are flat metal springs secured at their upper ends to the piston and at their lower ends to the bars j j There are preferably two springs to each bar, and the bars and springs reduce the friction of the piston.

i is a band that surrounds the goose-neck and has in it three loops, the opposite ones of which connect by chains to the sides of the notch f, while the remaining one connects with the chain h.

j is an iron bar secured across the top of the piston J, and is provided with a central tapped opening into which the lower part of the tubeI screws.

The piston J is properly packed to work tightly in the cylinder K, which is secured within a proper point of the well, and is provided at its lower end with the upwardly-opening valve 70, of ordinary construction. The tube I may be re-enforced by strips loosely connected to the piston and to the end of the beam F on each side of the tube, so as to take some of the strain off the tube. The lower end of. the cylinder K, around the valve 70, is lined with leather to prevent leakage.

The counterbalancingweight H is just sufficient to raise the sections of the platform and the trough and overcome the friction of the pulley and piston when the trough is empty.

The method ofoperalion of the water-elevator is as follows: The trough being empty and the platform elevated, the cattle desiring to drink walk on the platform, as they cannot approach the trough from the well side on account of the fence. Their weight depresses the platform and the tube I against the action of the Weight H, pushing the piston down in the cylinder, closing its valves and forcing the water up through the tube I to fill the trough. \Vhen they leave the platform, if the trough is emptied, the platform is caused to rise by the weight and more water forces itself up into the cylinder through the valve in. If the trough is not empty when the cattle leave it, it empties itself through the small outwardly-opening valve L in its bottom, so that the piston can rise and act as before when the platform is depressed. The cylinder is made of any suitable material, such as galvanized iron or earthen- Ware.

For wells from which to draw water for house use the sectional platform is removed, ablock, M, attached to the ground near the well, and a small platform, m, hinged thereto, provided with a slot, m, in which the gooseneck is secured. The weight of a person on this platform will depress the piston and cause the elevator to Work as described.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- In an automatic water-elevator, the combination, with the hinged platform having the trough seen red thereon, and the dischargetube, of the piston J, having the downwardlyopening valves jj, the leather band surrounding said piston, the curved bars j between the piston and leather, and the flat springs j, secured at their upper ends to the piston and at their lower ends to the bars j", substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of'two witnesses.

FRANK J. CASE. Witnesses:

F. E. KELLEY,

H. B. KELLEY. 

